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								<a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a><span class="z"> </span><h2 class="h">love</h2><span class="z"> </span><span class="pos">noun</span></div><span class="pos-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-333f" id="love_1__4"><span class="pos" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-333e" id="love_1__5">noun</span></span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="love_1__6"><span class="pron-g" id="love_1__7" geo="br" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="blue">BrE</span></span> <span class="phon" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-2321" eid="love_1__8"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/lov/love_/love__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/lov/love_/love__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" geo="n_am" id="love_1__9" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix"><span class="red">NAmE</span></span> <span class="phon" eid="love_1__10" dpsid="u7f89d943e98abfe7.-4db24fac.16164a1d90d.-231e"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lʌv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/lov/love_/love__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/lov/love_/love__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> </div></span></div><span class="res-g" hide="y" psg="top_topics"> <span class="xr-gs" xref_type="internal"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/tennis/love_1" title="Topic Tennis"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Tennis</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/romance/love_2" title="Topic Romance"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Romance</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/love/love_3" title="Topic Love"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Love</span></span></a></span></span><div class="clear"> </div>
                                                <div class="btn icon-left-colapse wl-add"><a id="add-to-mywordlist-link" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/mywordlist/">Add to my wordlist</a></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries">jump to other results</a><br/></div></div><span class="sn-gs" id="love_1__16" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3336"> <span class="shcut" id="love_1__17" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3335">affection</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3334" ox3000="y" id="love_1__18"><span class="num">1 </span><span class="sym_first">
                                <a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="gram-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3331" id="love_1__19"><span class="wrap">[</span><span class="gram" id="love_1__20" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3330" gram="u">uncountable</span><span class="wrap">]</span></span> <span class="def" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-332f" id="love_1__21">a strong feeling of deep affection for somebody/something, especially a member of your family or a friend</span><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-332e" id="love_1__22"><span class="x-g" id="love_1__23" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-332d"> <span class="x" id="love_1__24" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-332c">a mother’s love for her children</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__25" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-332b"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-332a" id="love_1__26">love of your country</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3329" id="love_1__27"> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_1__28" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3328"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.58ed" id="love_1__29">He seems incapable of love.</span></span></span></span><span class="snippet"><span class="collapse" title="Oxford Collocations Dictionary"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc_snip"> <span class="heading">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">adjective</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">all-consuming</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">burning</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deep</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">verb + love</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">feel</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">have</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">experience</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + verb</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">bloom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">blossom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">grow</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + noun</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">affair</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">triangle</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">life</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">preposition</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">for <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">out of <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">in <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">phrases</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">an act of love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deeply in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">madly in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"> <span class="prefix">See</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/love_1" title="full entry definition in Collocations
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" resource="collocations" dpsref="uc0ec231edbf4e81b.423ca8c8.15b1ad2ed6a.-6738"><span class="xh">full entry</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="xr-gs" xref_type="internal"><span class="prefix">See related entries:</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/romance/love_2" title="Topic Romance"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Romance</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/love/love_3" title="Topic Love"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Love</span></span></a></span></li></span><span class="sn-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3327" id="love_1__34"> <span class="shcut" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3326" id="love_1__35">romantic</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3325" id="love_1__36" ox3000="y"><span class="num">2 </span><span class="sym_first">
                                <a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="gram-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3323" id="love_1__37"><span class="wrap">[</span><span class="gram" id="love_1__38" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3322" gram="u">uncountable</span><span class="wrap">]</span></span> <span class="def" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3321" id="love_1__39">a strong feeling of affection for somebody that you are sexually attracted to</span><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3320" id="love_1__40"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-331f" id="love_1__41"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-331e" id="love_1__42">a <span class="cl"><strong>love song/story</strong></span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__44" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-331c"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__45" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-331b"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.58f0" id="love_1__46">We're <span class="cl"><strong>in love</strong></span>!</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-331a" id="love_1__50"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__51" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3319"><span class="x" id="love_1__52" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.58f4">She was <span class="cl"><strong>in love with him</strong></span>.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__56" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3318"> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_1__57" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3317"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.58f8" id="love_1__58">They <span class="cl"><strong>fell in love</strong></span> with each other.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3316" id="love_1__62"> <span class="rx-g" resource="recx" id="love_1__63" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3315"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.58fc" id="love_1__64">It was <span class="cl"><strong>love at first sight</strong></span> <span class="gl" id="love_1__66" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.58fe"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="prefix">=</span> they were attracted to each other the first time they met<span class="wrap">)</span></span>.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__69" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3314"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3313" id="love_1__70" resource="recx"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5901" id="love_1__71">They're <span class="cl"><strong>madly in love</strong></span>.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__75" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3312"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3311" id="love_1__76" resource="recx"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5905" id="love_1__77">Their love grew with the years.</span></span></span></span><span class="collapse" title="Wordfinder"><span class="unbox" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.1491c942.1444cef3a6c.-6c97" id="love_1__80" unbox="wordfinder"> <span class="heading">Wordfinder</span><span class="body" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd9" id="love_1__81"><span class="h1" id="love_1__82" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd8">love</span><span class="p" id="love_1__83" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd7"><span class="xr-gs" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd6" id="love_1__84" xref_type="internal"><a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/affair" title="affair definition"><span class="xr-g" id="love_1__85" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbab9c8f4.69fc" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd5" dpsresource="ALD9"><span class="xh" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd4" id="love_1__86">affair</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/date_1" title="date definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsresource="ALD9" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd2" id="love_1__87" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabc708f.-34e4"><span class="xh" id="love_1__88" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fd1">date</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/go-out-with" title="go out with somebody definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fce" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabe3564.a4e" id="love_1__89" dpsresource="ALD9"><span class="xw" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fcd" id="love_1__90">go out with somebody</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/jealous" title="jealous definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsresource="ALD9" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fcb" id="love_1__91" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-755d"><span class="xh" id="love_1__92" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fca">jealous</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/love_1" title="love definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsresource="ALD9" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fc8" id="love_1__93" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3325"><span class="xh" id="love_1__94" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fc7">love</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/marriage" title="marriage definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsresource="ALD9" id="love_1__95" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.311e" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fc4"><span class="xh" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fc3" id="love_1__96">marriage</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/partner_1" title="partner definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac21463.-588a" id="love_1__97" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fc2" dpsresource="ALD9"><span class="xh" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fc1" id="love_1__98">partner</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/passionate" title="passionate definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsresource="ALD9" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac21463.-5065" id="love_1__99" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fbe"><span class="xh" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fbd" id="love_1__100">passionate</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/relationship" title="relationship definition"><span class="xr-g" id="love_1__101" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac3027d.48d2" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fbb" dpsresource="ALD9"><span class="xh" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fba" id="love_1__102">relationship</span></span></a><span class="sep">,</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/romantic_1" title="romantic definition"><span class="xr-g" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fb8" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac3647b.-d13" id="love_1__103" dpsresource="ALD9"><span class="xh" id="love_1__104" dpsid="ufd9718d478e0e1e5.1567090e.15d132d18cf.-fb7">romantic</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span><span class="snippet"><span class="collapse" title="Oxford Collocations Dictionary"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc_snip"> <span class="heading">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">adjective</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">all-consuming</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">burning</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deep</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">verb + love</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">feel</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">have</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">experience</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + verb</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">bloom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">blossom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">grow</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + noun</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">affair</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">triangle</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">life</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">preposition</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">for <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">out of <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">in <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">phrases</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">an act of love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deeply in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">madly in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"> <span class="prefix">See</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/love_1" title="full entry definition in Collocations
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" resource="collocations" dpsref="uc0ec231edbf4e81b.423ca8c8.15b1ad2ed6a.-6738"><span class="xh">full entry</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="xr-gs" xref_type="internal"><span class="prefix">See related entries:</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/love/love_3" title="Topic Love"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Love</span></span></a></span></li></span><span class="sn-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-330d" id="love_1__106"> <span class="shcut" id="love_1__107" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-330c">enjoyment</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-330b" ox3000="y" id="love_1__108"><span class="num">3 </span><span class="sym_first">
                                <a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="gram-g" id="love_1__109" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-330a"><span class="wrap">[</span><span class="gram" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3309" gram="u" id="love_1__110">uncountable</span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="gram" id="love_1__111" gram="sing" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3308">singular</span><span class="wrap">]</span></span> <span class="def" id="love_1__112" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3307">the strong feeling of enjoyment that something gives you</span><span class="x-gs" id="love_1__113" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3306"><span class="x-g" id="love_1__114" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3305"> <span class="x" id="love_1__115" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3304">a <span class="cl"><strong>love of</strong></span> learning</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3302" id="love_1__117"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__118" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3301"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5908" id="love_1__119">He's <span class="cl"><strong>in love with</strong></span> his work.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3300" id="love_1__123"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__124" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ff"><span class="x" id="love_1__125" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.590c">I <span class="cl"><strong>fell in love with</strong></span> the house.</span></span></span></span><span class="snippet"><span class="collapse" title="Oxford Collocations Dictionary"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc_snip"> <span class="heading">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">adjective</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">all-consuming</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">burning</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deep</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">verb + love</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">feel</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">have</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">experience</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + verb</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">bloom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">blossom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">grow</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + noun</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">affair</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">triangle</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">life</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">preposition</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">for <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">out of <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">in <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">phrases</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">an act of love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deeply in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">madly in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"> <span class="prefix">See</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/love_1" title="full entry definition in Collocations
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" dpsref="uc0ec231edbf4e81b.423ca8c8.15b1ad2ed6a.-6738" resource="collocations"><span class="xh">full entry</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></li></span><span class="sn-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32fe" id="love_1__129"> <span class="shcut" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32fd" id="love_1__130">somebody/something you like</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32fc" id="love_1__131" ox3000="y"><span class="num">4 </span><span class="sym_first">
                                <a class="oxford3000" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="gram-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32fb" id="love_1__132"><span class="wrap">[</span><span class="gram" gram="c" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32fa" id="love_1__133">countable</span><span class="wrap">]</span></span> <span class="def" id="love_1__134" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f9">a person, a thing or an activity that you like very much</span><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f8" id="love_1__135"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f7" id="love_1__136"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__137" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f6"><span class="x" id="love_1__138" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5910">Take care, my love.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f5" id="love_1__141"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__142" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f4"><span class="x" id="love_1__143" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5913">He was <span class="cl"><strong>the love of my life</strong></span> <span class="gl" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5915" id="love_1__145"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="prefix">=</span> the person I loved most<span class="wrap">)</span></span>.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f3" id="love_1__148"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__149" resource="recx" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f2"><span class="x" id="love_1__150" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.5918">I like most sports but tennis is my <span class="cl"><strong>first love</strong></span>.</span></span></span></span><span class="snippet"><span class="collapse" title="Oxford Collocations Dictionary"><span class="unbox" unbox="colloc_snip"> <span class="heading">Oxford Collocations Dictionary</span><span class="body"><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">adjective</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">all-consuming</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">burning</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deep</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">verb + love</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">feel</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">have</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">experience</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + verb</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">bloom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">blossom</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">grow</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">love + noun</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">affair</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">triangle</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">life</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">preposition</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">for <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">out of <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">in <span class="exp">love</span></span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="shcut-g"> <span class="shcut">phrases</span><span class="unsn-g"><span class="coll-gs"><span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">an act of love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">deeply in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">madly in love</span></span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="coll-g"><span class="coll">…</span></span></span></span></span><span class="xr-gs" xref_type="external"> <span class="prefix">See</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/collocations/love_1" title="full entry definition in Collocations
&#10;            "><span class="xr-g" dpsref="uc0ec231edbf4e81b.423ca8c8.15b1ad2ed6a.-6738" resource="collocations"><span class="xh">full entry</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></li></span><span class="sn-gs" id="love_1__154" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f1"> <span class="shcut" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32f0" id="love_1__155">friendly name</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ef" id="love_1__156"><span class="num">5</span><span class="gram-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ee" id="love_1__157"><span class="wrap">[</span><span class="gram" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ed" gram="c" id="love_1__158">countable</span><span class="wrap">]</span></span> <span class="label-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ec" id="love_1__159"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="geo" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32eb" id="love_1__160" geo="br">British English</span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="reg" id="love_1__161" reg="infml" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ea">informal</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" id="love_1__162" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e9">a word used as a friendly way of addressing somebody</span><span class="x-gs" id="love_1__163" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e8"><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e7" id="love_1__164"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e6" resource="recx" id="love_1__165"><span class="x" id="love_1__166" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.591c">Can I help you, love?</span></span></span></span> <span class="xr-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e5" id="love_1__169" xref_type="internal"><span class="prefix">compare</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/duck_1" title="duck definition"><span class="xr-g" id="love_1__170" dpsref="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabce420.2e4d" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e4" dpsresource="ALD9"><span class="xh" id="love_1__171" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cce79fcd6.61a8">duck</span></span></a></span></li></span><span class="sn-gs" id="love_1__172" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e2"> <span class="shcut" id="love_1__173" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e1">in tennis</span><li class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32e0" id="love_1__174"><span class="num">6</span><span class="gram-g" id="love_1__175" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32de"><span class="wrap">[</span><span class="gram" gram="u" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32dd" id="love_1__176">uncountable</span><span class="wrap">]</span></span> <span class="def" id="love_1__177" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32dc">a score of zero (points or games)</span><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32db" id="love_1__178"><span class="x-g" id="love_1__179" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32da"> <span class="x" id="love_1__180" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32d9">40–love!</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32d8" id="love_1__181"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35a1" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_11348" id="love_1__182"><span class="x" id="love_1__183" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.35aa">She won the first set <span class="cl"><strong>six–love/six games to love</strong></span>.</span></span></span></span> <span class="xr-gs" xref_type="internal"><span class="prefix">See related entries:</span> <a class="Ref" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/tennis/love_1" title="Topic Tennis"><span class="xr-g" resource="topicdict"><span class="xh">Tennis</span></span></a></span></li></span><span class="res-g"><span class="collapse" title="Word Origin"><span class="unbox" id="love_1__188" unbox="wordorigin"> <span class="heading">Word Origin</span><span class="body" id="love_1__189"><span class="p" id="love_1__190">Old English <span class="ei" id="love_1__191">lufu</span>, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit <span class="ei" psg="{tag=ff}" id="love_1__192">lubhyati</span> ‘desires’, Latin <span class="ei" id="love_1__193" psg="{tag=ff}">libet</span> ‘it is pleasing’, <span class="ei" psg="{tag=ff}" id="love_1__194">libido</span> ‘desire’, also by the noun <span class="eb" id="love_1__195" psg="{tag=xh}">leave</span> and <span class="eb" id="love_1__196" psg="{tag=xh}">lief</span>.</span></span></span></span><span class="collapse" title="Extra examples"><span class="unbox" unbox="Extra examples"><span class="heading">Extra examples</span><span class="body"><span class="x-gs" id="love_1__197" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3233"><span class="x-g" id="love_1__198" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3234"> <span class="x" id="love_1__199" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3235">At last she had found true love.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3236" id="love_1__200"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3237" id="love_1__201">Can true love prevail?</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__202" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3238"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3239" id="love_1__203">Do you believe in love at first sight?</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.323a" id="love_1__204"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.323b" id="love_1__205">Does she doubt my love for her?</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__206" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.323c"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.323d" id="love_1__207">From John, she received the love she had never received from her father.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.323e" id="love_1__208"> <span class="x" id="love_1__209" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.323f">He developed a lifelong love of music.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3240" id="love_1__210"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3241" id="love_1__211">He did not know how to express his love for her.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__212" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3242"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3243" id="love_1__213">He didn’t return her love.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__214" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3244"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3245" id="love_1__215">He fell in love with one of his students.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3246" id="love_1__216"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3247" id="love_1__217">He had a great love of life.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__218" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3248"> <span class="x" id="love_1__219" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3249">He had an abiding love of the English countryside.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__220" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.324a"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.324b" id="love_1__221">He had never known true love until now.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__222" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.324c"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.324d" id="love_1__223">He wanted to make love to her.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__224" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.324e"> <span class="x" id="love_1__225" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.324f">He would do almost anything to prove his love for her.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3250" id="love_1__226"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3251" id="love_1__227">His wealth enabled him to indulge his love of fast cars.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3252" id="love_1__228"> <span class="x" id="love_1__229" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3253">I couldn’t hide my love for her any longer.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3254" id="love_1__230"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3255" id="love_1__231">I did it for love!</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__232" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3256"> <span class="x" id="love_1__233" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3257">I don’t deserve his love.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__234" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3258"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3259" id="love_1__235">I like most sports but tennis is my first love.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.325a" id="love_1__236"> <span class="x" id="love_1__237" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.325b">I was madly in love with her.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__238" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.325c"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.325d" id="love_1__239">In his music dramas, love conquers all.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.325e" id="love_1__240"> <span class="x" id="love_1__241" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.325f">It gave me the opportunity to pursue my love of music.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3260" id="love_1__242"> <span class="x" id="love_1__243" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3261">Love blossomed between the two of them</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__244" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3262"> <span class="x" id="love_1__245" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3263">She felt no love for him.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__246" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3264"> <span class="x" id="love_1__247" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3265">She has earned the love and respect of many people.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__248" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3266"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3267" id="love_1__249">She plays his love interest in the film.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3268" id="love_1__250"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3269" id="love_1__251">She was the love of his life.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__252" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.326a"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.326b" id="love_1__253">Soul Survivors is a story of lost love.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.326c" id="love_1__254"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.326d" id="love_1__255">The poem is a celebration of married love.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__256" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.326e"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.326f" id="love_1__257">They fell head over heels in love.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3270" id="love_1__258"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3271" id="love_1__259">They lavish love on Selah, their cat.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__260" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3272"> <span class="x" id="love_1__261" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3273">They publicly declared their love for each other.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__262" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3274"> <span class="x" id="love_1__263" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3275">They share a love of music.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3276" id="love_1__264"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3277" id="love_1__265">They were into free love and avoided commitment.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__266" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3278"> <span class="x" id="love_1__267" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3279">We are very much in love.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.327a" id="love_1__268"> <span class="x" id="love_1__269" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.327b">We want to foster a love of learning in all children.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__270" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.327c"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.327d" id="love_1__271">You have my undying love.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.327e" id="love_1__272"> <span class="x" id="love_1__273" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.327f">a party with family and friends to celebrate their love</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__274" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3280"> <span class="x" id="love_1__275" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3281">a play about thwarted love</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__276" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3282"> <span class="x" id="love_1__277" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3283">a sad tale of unrequited love</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3284" id="love_1__278"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3285" id="love_1__279">her deep love for him</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__280" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3286"> <span class="x" id="love_1__281" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3287">the cult of courtly love in the 12th century</span></span><span class="x-g" id="love_1__282" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3288"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3289" id="love_1__283">the love between parent and child</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.328a" id="love_1__284"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.328b" id="love_1__285">It was love at first sight.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.328c" id="love_1__286"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.328d" id="love_1__287">People say there is nothing greater than a mother’s love for her children.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.328e" id="love_1__288"> <span class="x" id="love_1__289" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.328f">She was madly/​deeply in love with him.</span></span><span class="x-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3290" id="love_1__290"> <span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.-4777033c.144219f65b1.3291" id="love_1__291">a love song/​story</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="idm-gs" id="love_1__292" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32d5"><span class="heading">Idioms</span> <span class="idm-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabd5a4a.4e0b" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF1" id="love_1__293" sk="allsfairinloveandwar"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabd5a4a.4e0c" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF2" id="love_1__294"><span class="idm" id="love_1__295" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF3" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabd5a4a.4e0d">all’s fair in love and war</span><div class="clear"> </div>
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                                                <div class="btn icon-left-colapse wl-add"><a id="add-to-mywordlist-link" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/mywordlist/">Add to my wordlist</a></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries">jump to other results</a><br/></div></div><span class="sn-gs" id="love_1__314" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32cf"><span class="sn-g" id="love_1__315" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ce"><span class="def" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32cd" id="love_1__316">without receiving payment or any other reward</span><span class="x-gs" id="love_1__317" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32cc"><span class="x-g" id="love_1__318" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32cb"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ca" id="love_1__319" resource="recx"><span class="x" id="love_1__320" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3b2f8c8.591f">They're all volunteers, working for the love of it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="idm-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32c9" sk="forloveofgod" id="love_1__323"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32c8" id="love_1__324"><span class="idm" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32c7" id="love_1__325">for the love of God</span><div class="clear"> </div>
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                                                <div class="btn icon-left-colapse wl-add"><a id="add-to-mywordlist-link" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/mywordlist/">Add to my wordlist</a></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries">jump to other results</a><br/></div></div><span class="sn-gs" id="love_1__360" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabeaa27.-2d62" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF4"><span class="sn-g" id="love_1__361" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF5" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabeaa27.-2d61"><span class="def" id="love_1__362" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabeaa27.-2d60" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF6">loving somebody very much</span><span class="x-gs" id="love_1__363" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF7" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabeaa27.-2d5f"><span class="x-g" id="love_1__364" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF8" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabeaa27.-2d5e"> <span class="rx-g" id="love_1__365" resource="recx" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabeaa27.-2d5d" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF9"><span class="x" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.d396464.14cb3ae3417.1915" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF10" id="love_1__366">He's fallen head over heels in love with his boss.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="idm-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7c6" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF1" sk="labouroflove" id="love_1__369"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="love_1__370" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF2" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7c5"><span class="idm" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7c4" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF3" id="love_1__371">a labour of love</span><div class="clear"> </div>
                                                <div class="btn icon-left-colapse wl-add"><a id="add-to-mywordlist-link" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/mywordlist/">Add to my wordlist</a></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries">jump to other results</a><br/></div></div><span class="sn-gs" id="love_1__372" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF4" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7c3"><span class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF5" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7c2" id="love_1__373"><span class="def" id="love_1__374" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF6" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7c1">a hard task that you do because you want to, not because it is necessary</span><span class="x-gs" id="love_1__375" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF7" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7c0"><span class="x-g" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbabf992f.-7bf" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF8" id="love_1__376"> <span class="rx-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF9" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.2b75" psg="RECXbreadcrumbtrail_10718" id="love_1__377"><span class="x" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-327f-FF10" dupedid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.7cee736d.14df79e4188.2b85" id="love_1__378">Writing the book was a labour of love.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="idm-g" id="love_1__381" sk="lovefrom" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32b0"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32af" id="love_1__382"><span class="idm-l" id="love_1__383" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ae"><span class="idm" id="love_1__384" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ad">love from</span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="idm" id="love_1__385" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ac">lots of love (from)</span></span><div class="clear"> </div>
                                                <div class="btn icon-left-colapse wl-add"><a id="add-to-mywordlist-link" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/mywordlist/">Add to my wordlist</a></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries">jump to other results</a><br/></div></div><span class="sn-gs" id="love_1__386" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32ab"><span class="sn-g" id="love_1__387" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32aa"><span class="label-g" id="love_1__388" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a9"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="reg" id="love_1__389" reg="infml" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a8">informal</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a7" id="love_1__390">used at the end of a letter to a friend or to somebody you love, followed by your name</span><span class="x-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a6" id="love_1__391"><span class="x-g" id="love_1__392" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a5"> <span class="x" id="love_1__393" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a4">Lots of love, Jenny</span></span></span></span></span></span> <span class="idm-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a3" sk="loveisblind" id="love_1__394"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a2" id="love_1__395"><span class="idm" id="love_1__396" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a1">love is blind</span><div class="clear"> </div>
                                                <div class="btn icon-left-colapse wl-add"><a id="add-to-mywordlist-link" href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/mywordlist/">Add to my wordlist</a></div><a class="responsive_display_inline_on_smartphone link-right" href="#relatedentries">jump to other results</a><br/></div></div><span class="sn-gs" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-32a0" id="love_1__397"><span class="sn-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-329f" id="love_1__398"><span class="label-g" id="love_1__399" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-329e"><span class="wrap">(</span><span class="reg" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-329d" id="love_1__400" reg="saying">saying</span><span class="wrap">)</span></span> <span class="def" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-329c" id="love_1__401">when you love somebody, you cannot see their faults</span></span></span></span> <span class="idm-g" sk="makelove" id="love_1__402" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-329b"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-329a" id="love_1__403"><span class="idm" dpsid="u4cdebea65f7df6b4.743b4102.13cbac01393.-3299" id="love_1__404">make love (to somebody)</span><div class="clear"> </div>
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    	       	    	<a href="https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/love_2" title="love verb definition"><span class='arl1'>love <pos>verb</pos></span></a>
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